The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-28 00:00:00

,- I,,I,EBPTAR,,,Rt,„S DNS SEEKING 17-A-N DE D b` o .Etifli T ,' ,o, N AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, '4ol)tii;cl;,,Ar,,N LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND ~.'ro R E i , ,-,,-,9., GENERALLY-- h -- ,-,l.A.Tts. at the principal Railway Bookstalls t Wa I 6 ' (;),nti,the 11/19,10m, or at the Auction and Estate 0 _ c , , 14Par 4—.,:-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11, Lumley s the amed I'n,ITY REGISTER," containing a varied selection_ rom .n0hi,,,„";1, house properties now in the market,. / Mtaz e - `an a Mansion with its manorial domain, to the , / nth. its few ' b ‘A'exr ß , s 0,„ acres. . . lace tilt, ' rROPERTIF:S Wishing to Bell or Let can _ein ie ; a tiord y , • oPPortunity that the medirtm of this . Reis Ikatat e 6Y enclinc; the particulars of Ifiaeir properties t to ss t r h s e . ,nraley , !I c e!, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the A e Pere the /n Most cases introduice immediate customers, avn , 41 '.. th e ~roperty is of in eligible character, thereby . avoid -14 ualeVantages of delay arid its attendant incon -144 ' °l ager la 1 : 4 No CRARGE incurre.i, unless a tenant or pur -4141th introdced throu9.l • Alessrs. Lumley's Agency, 4,4 e• ; ( n/lY the usual moderr,te commission. -,,................_41011 and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. (11tNtprrin PLon ' ' "El C 'AMPETS, B EDDING and t he kiiN s'ReLOTEE, r . A ` h t us lass t.,_ s 010, ardIe•RRIAGE-FREE to any . o (l ' l5 at see m d .o , AS o amount or distance. Firs • c Eye';llllen and G a Prises' Ter - ins P s ock to lee Play ed in e•ntlernen. An impleneseneulainatrrely of liber s a e l to t ground. ;1? arti c l e ~,,,, Shou rc oras occupying a 10,,,t,2,,p_Gy3n,. zranted C.,' 11 are re •N and GENTLEMEN ATIOITT TO FUR rs Cobbett and e Ptil 'pectfully informed that Mr3B ' . th e ir un- L I /I, OlNi I, a a hinS: an entirely New Edition of 1 in izteplo l )44 e tui-ISE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated )3 , dB, t., singe of every description ofuroutiattuirse and ka l i ' r ee l '''./ 1 / prices attached. A copy sent e, ~nlete °ll, application This costly work also contains 4/e:,,„,:,earittlates for * furnishing on the following revised I.l3l•!;roortied Parsonage r,,,,ht-roonaed ditto „, A i en- rooitted ditto •rocltb welve-roomed ditto 4e / " Wi ...,/ 11 a ?rice List of purified _Bedding, al nable i Ram 2,, o,.,"aorrnationto all requiring househ . )ld furniture, and a . mass --41,1 aa'd ' "Mdlno References kindly permitted to Cieray %eh getitl, rn '' i l i . ei eat er )3 en .n or near Great . Malvern, Southamton, tribut..a,Oziern, EIY, Preston, Grimshy,_ l '..yde, Plymouth, der ighton, Gainsborou . z. , l i t gai l ' W,,el„l.,,ington. Croydon, Cambnd h ge, 3l St a a r i g n a e t s e , * D li o t r d klog - , 1,,;741, 4, ~..sorcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, -- "e c l t ia. -- ' "a above 500 other places in all parts of Great lert,i,,, B EI, **"' l iOhdo a n tid s e .ll o : , General House Furnishers, Deptford .,_ N- 1.141 AL RE ktN,,,Noth e i SIIAB.SPEA COMMITTEE. ttit,-. eolt„„a hereby given, that the SE MON- U-4 allb4e `"...,43,i'TTP"" dr, /nit e n _ g 0 Parliament. S-m e e t on the Artiste and ot February ner , s twh willing l d i n a dg y tottl iyeations are invited to forward the same, a - ''',, n 110 n nrary Secreta , ies, 120, Pall-mall, London. a --- W. HEPWORTH DIXON, 1 Hon. set!. %nth._ * ' J.-0. 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My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. generous as to take him away from his family and country, and leave him to himself in a state of fearful embarrass ment. They must recollect that he would arrive there without a piastre. Mexico was greatly indebted, and did not pay her debts. England and Spain held the custom • houses as a security for 200 millions, and nothing could be got from that source till they ware paid. The Archduke would want, therefore, 300 or 400 millions to start with. Where were they to come from P A loan had been talked of. A loan was no doubt easy if France guaranteed it; but if such a thing were proposed, he would venture to say that the habitually small minority in opposition would be singu larly augmented. Without the guarantee of France a loan was out of the question. M. Thiers then made the follow ing declaration in answer to an audacious statement of the Noniteur —" It was said yesterday—geography being treated rather cavalierly—that we occupied already seven eighths of the country. I tell you that we do not occupy a twentieth part of it; and that out of a population of eight millions, two at most are subjected to our rule." A consideration most important to be borne in mind was, that although both the North and the South of the United States might for the present affect no displeasure at what was doing in Mexico, the only reason was that neither party wished to offend France, whose interference one way or the other at the present moment (an interference which he was glad had not been attempted) might so materially affect their interests. But it was tolerably certain that once the civil war over, the United States would forget all her present politeness, and if she did not actually declare war, would let loose hosts of disbanded soldiers, who would desire no better employment than to overrun Mexico. The Chaix d'Est Adge replied to him on behalf of the Government, and was answered by M. Berryer. , The debate was adjourned. Naval and Military Intelligence. the ship's side 12in beyond the plate's inner surface. No. '2 shot struck the plate in a central and undamaged part, went clear through and buried itself with the broken fragments in the side of the ship, the outer surface of the shot being 3in below the plate's outer surface. No. 3, the last shot, also struck the plate in a central and undamaged part, and about 2ft aside of the last shot. It cut its way in with Olin dia meter,*aboue one third of the plate's thickness, and then carried everything before it on to the lower deck of the tar get ship, The shot in passing through the broken pieces of the plate increased the diameter of the hole it made on en tering the plate from 91in to aft at the other end. It passed entirely through one side of the ship and struck against the opposite side. The shot entering the plate by a hole 9 lira in diameter passed into the ship bye hole 3ft in diameter, tear ing five planks away from the inside, and covering- both sides of the deck for some distance round with broken pieces of wood and iron. One piece of the plate, measuring lila by 14in, was picked up on the ship's deck, 15ft from the side of the ship where it had entered with the shot. The shot itself was found on the opposite side of the ship's deck, and was but very little changed in form. With the above facts d emons t ra ting the destructive powers of steel spherical shot, it is necessary to state that the America target frigate, on which the plates were bolted yesterday, is a razeed ship, and has a line-of-battle ship's scantling, and that a careful examination of her condition has satisfied the authorities that a sounder wooden ship could not well be found. The condition of the timbers and planking where the steel shots passed through fully confirms these conclu sions. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty :—Capt. J. G. Bickford, to the Meander; Capt. F. L. Barnard, to the Narcissus ; Staff-Commander J. E. Davis to the Fisgard, additional for temporary service in the Hydrographer's department ; Francis B. Christian, master, to the Firefly ; W. C. Moreton, in the Fisgard, pro moted to the rank of engineer ; Joseph Russell, assistant engineer, to the Ajax ; George Worth, midshipman, to the Hector ; Edward Hinvest, second master, to the Fisgard, for the Ranger; Richard S. Kiernan and Thomas Owen, assist.-engineers, to the Fisgard. The Whitworth and Armstrong Committee, appointed at Woolwich by the War Department to decide on the com petitive merits of the two rival gunmakers, notwithstand ing their efforts to bring the trial to an issue, have received a notification from the Whitworth Company stating that their arrangements are still incomplete, and that no definite time can be fixed at present for the trial to take place. This has occasioned considerable inconvenience and annoy ance to the committee, as well as unnecessary expense to the Government. The whole of the Armstrong guns have been in readiness for some time past, and are as fellows : Three 12 -pound muzzle-loaders, rifled on the shunt prin ciple; three 12-pound breech-loaders, and six 70-pound breech loaders. The Whitworth guns proposed to be fur. nished for the trial are six 12-pounders as above and three 70-pounders. The whole of the Government arrangements have been made for some time past, and various meetings of the committee have taken place with a view of urging the Whitworth Company to fulfil their engagement without delay. Now ready at all the L braries, in 3 vols., IL D F I By WALTER TBORNBURY. R E " Wildfire' will undoubtedly add considerably to Mr. Thornbury's reputation. The reader seems to live and move among the characters of the book, so vivid is the interest, so clear the narrative."—Post. IVNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. 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This Day, in Two Vols., Demy Octavo, 325., i) (1/ 4 1r (1+ e e AVII 13itI( --- 3 ------- ------______l 47 ,, _______ i hi _or 11,.'"01,1\1. ELECTION.RETIRFAENT 14 tr,""°,... , he1 d I WAY. —At a Meeting of the, El tors of tart m itts, .n the Town Hall, to receive, the R ec evort of kr. V,,,Waa rn 9Pointed at the meeting ot_ January, the 19th a ?trn., Detvriat, in the OT,riion of this se m n e ti , s _Laatz. Isla B o ao le the most fit sld proper e to re .tie, Dona t e tjongli in the Com tlcia st o ;zters in public meeting assembled , do invite ',ions House of Parliament ; AR ALGER, th4tlt44Bl4lletknd4a,' Our 'Candidate, W an l d L th l at such invita ___ -7 the ...thairman."- ----___ IV :1 14 1 i ti f MID GATE-HILL VIADUCT. I)11 UNION FIRE AND LIFE li OFFICES tit i' t, e bbk, NOTICE OF REMOVAL, tv l4ll-IP . 4 etliCnlt„, hereby gi e otice that, in consequence o r f ,s'l'es , "3', di, - e aten ion tif y the n London, t141 24, 4 1 8 ° 61. • 29, /Itet-street, E.C, 4111 CON TRACT CORPORATION Tac o _ (Limited). C Taco_ uncle the Companies Act, 1862, Ca Ti l it ~ Di _Ailey, 1 IDi It ' 41,000,000, in r 40,000 Shares of £lOO each. Esq. (Bailey ' 041 °T 2tagu,„ ~, (Bailey Brothers and Co.), Liver -4.14-oaak, 1,-,aille, Esq. ktuzy ivarisinl, (Baillie, Baillie, Cave, and Co.), stl tto_l l ,4P %gallon Baker, Esq., Director of the Great Western 4 4 orti ••• Bae tt Pa PY. ell er 4.w ett ,_ o,t, Esq., KP., 1,..44111.1.10Yo:T1 Rally/ay Comp D an ir y e . ctor of the London and 'tottaniai l y, B( l., Director of the Royal Bank ofp Dublin. d, t i N t B e Dakbakl,at Western Railway Company, 'M s l ij Il ajW 4l ' Alderman, President of the Great utie et ilb e „... 4,Y of Canada. I, 4 . (s sa u e til it ti r ; ,"" t glue, Esq. (G. J. Ca - afy and Co.), Thread 081k GO '4) 1, 11 1 .B CI , Govan Iron Works, Glasgow. 0 , the ala,tort:., Esq. (Gooch and Cousens), Director t iti; t li t t I , l don, C'e tati e 'll 4; . Jervis M P., Deputy Chairman, Great ~Wt ; ,1 18 0,„-„_"WaY Cona,a'nv . "oe tat "'‘ulnney, Esq, - (Relict, Ommanney, and Co.), e Ph htter. ill" ' fiq•, 7, Laurence Pountney-hill. liteur Edwards ICITORS. %011ei t ,, 8* and Co., Westminster. 'rs in Bri stol — tlessrs. Daniel and Cox. 1' t %li Loa tk "41 4 1) 1 0 1- Eltr;;I IVEN, that the above Corporear to - , Akct r s Prep ared to entertain ApPL 'CATIONS f 4114.111tC4tie, -ns to be addressed to the Secretary. I ter tiv _ J Ey order of the Board, 'AIARLES HANDFIELD, Sec. pro tern. -fn ees, 31, Threadneedle-street, E.C. keit 4 ' F INANCIAL CORPORATION, - rkr tt , LIMITED, ti nder the Companies' Act, 186', with Limited ea Liability. N I . be,„ 30 00000 in 30,000 Shares of £lOl each. ( ! f,°%ft b F IS T ISSUE, 15,000 SHARES. ii -1 °-4 P141 ih or t.: W i l l ~°p do ' I , £1 per share, .. ''', Z t' Z'd 't V. Made ai, leas intervals than Three Months, per Si Stare. It i 3 not proposed to call up more . 4tq. . 1 11 1 , 4 tO Q ° o da tk. „., DIPECTORS. l a t i u ll4 4: t PS ool3, • 4%; Sq• (Chairman of Great Eastern Railway 414 " 13 a til 'Is, tl,l (De uty-Chairman of Bank of Ilin 7P''lliell 'DI: elPq e l° " l ' e "1' , 4 4 -I ' , slaq (Messrs. Thomson, Watson, e to r n i4 dasttlel,t t ' s ' oi X S t t• Peter's Chambers: 44°, :1 -3 ' ' lll llli -l i' sci b l l4,4l J lla p t a o n n ) ..square (Director of Bank ilie o r b e e P r h t ri V e :i i i t li li e a l l,,,.. '°f 4 R o s i s i t tPlity-Chairman Kent Water-Works, -01 10 ton Bank). ' e llipa o ., a , - rn 10, 8 ' a nd, ksq., Birley F n or in surance ,1 3 Say ). .1, ski hll:e(Director of Scottish Unio House, e_st Hill. ...o w . t o ° Nasha - Ix ClOr of the Finn Valley Railway Cor rlli„ Of Ir 4 11 ,.te g ,„ esard bZ,P l enl; l 7lnrk Terrace, Regent's Park, (Direc- Wt n er i;), 6, G re a Nestl e ,. 1. 1 4 11 d Company). )v O4llOB L at win .6iev•stsq. (Messrs. fleatlsy, Cowan, and 1 , c l•str eet avvren ee me e s r s - r s s t . r -..e 8 , 18. ‘. • Lawrence and Fry), 10, New )4. (114 l i . a llea, Ata,„, Soraerrons. 16 4. li"r'f• Plea ' and Teesdale, 6, Frederlek's-place, ! thee lc 1 48, 4. - ,aster in an, and Hur;fies, 17, Bucklesbury. bll rtl ll . B a f te lai% Ilc It n -ANKER,. 1 t ... .ree t. tlorl'rEl, , •Va---' TlittCr al:TWello, and Co., 54, Lora -4 P.to4ter, taut „ev'enrrons. itk ltto Y liorgan. . C 0. 4%, . I,l3, Y ill or ° l27t a re t et s , te o e vent-garden. k b , 11 11(1 1 1 - C, Sir 1/ . ~.. B RKERS. ' Lire heater:, V. Carden and Son, 2, Royal Exchange eq)oole-ts,;larttes N y Tr '4l efißre . alker, 1, Ducie-street, Exchange. Sapo rit ,, . wanton and Co., I ork-buildings. ~. 'Y °aloes—lgo. 17, Abchurch-lane, E.C. t l e i'll4 11%0140,8. R IDGE D PROSPECTUS. : 4 14,1 en,,,.."3 Increase of commerce and industrial enter te°lloCirsro„.. oe,Proportionate requirements for financial aid Pl t tli t i . th e ti 4 d o n, a large proportion of the most important co, assi .e e being dependent, in their early stage, upon .. li e tance from. the capitalists of the City of rd n 'lee tt , 411 i:Lte t i B It i r for such facilities has long been recognised Ite elnitt ed r a a cted upon on the Continent, and it is now t 4 kittoso c i att ere. . IZSt .nce , inert wt:l undertake all financial business oi ,Ni4e,/ecuritylidi 7. g the negotiation and arrangement of 7,,si i 1 ,,, at t o _,.0 . rates, harbour dues, or other similar tit t , tt se e h o tt t l i 3 , r o ill iitlit le-dnakeritidvances wherever the tran ilkilleYitetrees efttlil existing Finsncial Associations are l attlr,.ashig in value, and stand already at the follow - " i nn the amount paid tip :- I ..Gt ee Amount paid Pfer t i :t l tre k per Share. iNOtioNti tvtinadziFfnaheec.. , 44 present price :1 ,7tre lt Z Pi t — . mai L s ociety 5 mrp ot ‘itil e e".elal .A.ssociation 27 Isti tt liett reclit A `."°Cir AtiOn 3 ” 6 ~ ' 440 4 : 1 , 48 anA %. 'eta - the . nr':ns of Application for Shares may be `4rll'vany's Temporary Offices, or of the ll ° tb hll lt Ct. 4‘ ) % ti. ,,e bi tt , -, APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 1 , 1„ .ea ' r ots of the Financial Corporation, Limited. tvhd_i.p. ,-...r i tit N ou e a ving paid into your Bankers the sum of Vft ql „ 14 4 ,, t e „._ St that you Will allot me sb arcs in the ~ttl.i: or Zration, Limited, and I hereby agree to accept 14 fk t tt : he c i less number ' that may be allotted to me, tit d ePosit and calls in respect of the shares so ,of i t ; and I authorise you to place name o+s ute rubc4rs for the number ot sharesallotted. ' Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 'came in full - Profession or Occupation • Address • bate Tlib .4 vs ----„,. ~ . t v T Ist . _ Ali l ol , l ' ANCIAL CORPORATION, teti Limdted. do 4eT HE'D (,21 ; . i „I 0 Ns ,-- —EBY GIVEN, That the UST of ;7;11 4 '4 - 0 ' lIONip , SHARES in this Company will be ; 4 1 1 ui,„-a:1 next, the Ist of February, for Lon etZtei ter I,,briAT next, the 2d of FF:oruary, for the 1 , Y . a li a4 l 4 latter date the Directors will proceed ~ Ab ., tile Shares. 411.01i._ II IC lIA RD SPOON ER, Chairman. 444 I L on on , January 27, 1864. Nirg.,.... l'' ll/' tlth e a kirmultSDELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills k , A th b 1 e v,_ y mt. VeP:etable preparati n and may be taken itN.,()lllftti,.. .oei„ - „..." ,e,r Sex witho - A) ' danker. 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They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. EskeTs Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens andconsultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bertnett's-hill, Bir mingham- SPEECH OF M. TRIERS ON MEXICO. It being known that M. Thiers was to speak on Tuesday on the Mexican question, all the tribunes were filled long before the debate began. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde were in the seats reserved for the imperial family. Among the senators present was Marshal Forey, the late com- M_ Thiera mender chief of the expealtio. was about to criticise. The first lawyer of France, Proeureur-General Dupin g eat by the bide of Mar E. hal Forey, M, Thijra Baia that he would not discuss this or that amendment, but treat of the question of Mexico gcneially. Having a great deal to say on this im portant subject he had been antions to speal early in the debate, Lest at a later moment the attention of the chamber should be exhausted. He was not without hope that after hearing him they would forgive him for having thus pressed himself upon their notice. As to the different amendments of which they had the choice, he would prefer that one which might be thought to lay the truth at the foot of the throne in the moat deferential find re- speotful way. If they had only to pass judgmen _ _ upon facts gone by, he would be very happy to imitate the conduct of those merchants who write off unlucky affairs to profit and loss in order that they might think no more about thetti. bdt Men. chants only acted thus with regard to affairs which involved no further sacrifices. Unfortunately this could not be said of Mexico. They had heard that the expedition cost twelve millions of francs per month, and months rolled sway very rapidly. They were operating in a country 3,000 leagues off, and which required a voyage of 15 days to reach. They had in that country 40,000 soldiers and 8,000 sailors; and what was the object of that great and costly force? They were informed that in a very few days the prince destined to reign over Mexico would pass through Saris to embark for Vera Cruz. They had therefore undertaken this distant expedition for the purpose of founding a great empire in the new world. He had perhaps been brought up in narrow ideas, but he must confess that such an enterprise in the present state of the world, without any useful pur pose, that he could see, utterly confounded his res.- son. After a passing observation engaging the chamber to imitate the example of England, which patiently suffers every subject whatever to be dis cussed, he said he proposed to inquire by what series of ideas France had been led from the first act of protection of its citizens established in Mexico to that most considerable enterprise of founding a monarchy in that country. What connexion was there between the two things ? Was there any reasonable hope of success; and if perchance they did succeed, what good would they get by it ? M. Thiers then described the great difference between North and South America in respect of relations with Europe. In theNorth,Europe found an immense trade, and, in general, perfect security, though of late, owing to the civil war and democratic rough ness, there might have been some slight ground for complaint. But in South America, with the excep tion of the Brazils, there was nothing but anarchy. When the southern populations of America separated from the European countries which had colonised them and held them in subjection, they, like the North, proclaimed. republican government. But the inhabitants of South America were turbulent and idle, and their republics did not succeed. These the and of highways continual states were always in difficulties, ever borrowi ng agitation, a n d neve never the paytionwgri 8, In villages,consequence were insecure. Robbery was frequent and Miir.-- not uncommon. The pole ...m was good f or not b;^ and justice a; vect i c. rp, w .._ g, wh i r " - aile custom with these states . Lney broke treaties had been hitherto to follow the English system, viz., to punish them severely when they could be got at by sea, but otherwise to wink a good deal at their delinquen cies. It might perhaps be said that such a mode of dealing with them was not very haughty, but na tional honour itself must brook a check in the face of physical impossibilities. As illustrations of hie . meaning M. Thiers cited the case of some Riff out rages which Prussia thought it not expedient to avenge by an expedition ; of Bonpland (the compa nion and friend of Humboldt), who was made pri • soner in Paraguay by the dictator Francia ; and also an affair at La Plata, where French citizens had been tortured by that abominable little tyrant Roses. 'Well, Fren el ships h. sal gone to Buenos Ayres and Monte . Video and' demanded severe -.., - 3 repression, bat, not being able to obtain it they put up, by way of satisfaction, with a treaty which was not so advantageous as might have been wished. Later, an insult in Mexico had been puhished by a vigorous coup de main by Admiral Baudin. Bat as for equit able and discriminating repression in these countries it could only be obtained by a good under standing with the governments. M. I Thiers then explained the present situation in Mesilo, observing that the country was divided into two kreat parties —the Conservatives, called by their, adversaries clericals and reactionists ; and the Liberals, called by their adversaries anarchists and revolutionists. In the Conservative party there were-many great families of the old regime who wished to make Mexico a second Brazils, The Brazils instead of going for a republic had stopped at constitutional monarchy—a word not in favour, but he could not help speaking his own language. Under the constitutional monarchy—(some murmurs) — Brazil had found order, liberty, and growing prosperity. But to procure similar beatitudes for Mexico was a work of difficulty. In the first place, they had had to look out for a prince. Had analogies been followed, Spain would have been asked to furnish one ; but recollections of the war of independence had left Mexico a great repugnance to the Spaniards. Then a somewhat arbitrary, not to say fantastic choice of a candidate had been made. They had fixed upon a prince who had certainly no partisans in the country. The Conservative party had for its allies a Catholic eldgy, which was wanting in the virtues and intelligence of the clergy in Europe. That clergy had been very wealthy, and was mixed up in all the political troubles of the country. Its property had been confiscated, and now its great object was to get it back. M. Theirs then came to the struggle between Miramon and Juarez. The first was a courageous but not very wise young man. The second was an Indian by b.rth, a lawyer by profession, and, though now the enemy of France, it was only just to say that his countrymen did not look upon him as a dishonest man. He had shown remarkable strength of character. Miramon was installed in Mexico, and at the head of the public force, while Juarez was at Vera Cruz without a piastre ; and yet by patience and per severance he succeeded in the course of e few months in making his entry into Mexico, and Miramoa took to flight. Juarez founded a moderate Government aid showed great firmness in checking his Congress, in which the most radical opinions prevailed. When the treaty with M. de Saligny, the French minister, was broken, the right and prudent thing to have done would have oeen to take pos session of Tampico and Vera Cruz, and receive the cus toms duties at these'ports until the debt hed been liquidated, That was the English system in such cases. Not a very brilliant one, indeed ; not one by which much glory could be acquired, but eafe and effectual. After referring to the deceptive reports spread by the clerica' party in Europe that the Mexican people were so tired o. Juarez's govern ment that they would rise as one man ea the first appear ance of an invading flag, and acclaim tee European prince proposed to them, M. Thiers reviewed the original negotia tions with London and Madrid, shoving that England steadily declined to interfere in any wry whatever with the internal government of the country—and that Spain, while prompting France to establish a monarchy, wanted to set up a Spanish prince, which France would not consent to. The zeal of Spain in the affair being thus cooled, she con sented—but not, as he (M. Thiers) thought, without an arrQre pensde---to the English convention of Oct. 31, 1861. That convention was in reality but a negation, for England only intended to take possession of Vera Cruz and Tampico. Spain wanted to found a monarchy for the benefit of a Spanish prince ; France had in her mind a monarchy with an Austrian sovereign. Under such circumstances the treaty, though in form obligatory, could only in point of fact be negative, The Spaniards were the first to set out on the expedition. They sailed frets Havannab, and arrived at Vera Cruz on Dec. 1. General Prim, their commander, and who had been accepted by France as generalissimo of the expedition, was a brilliant soldier, but full of Castilian pride. He closely observed the state of the country, and soon found that Europe had been altogether deceived when it fancied that the monarchical party would rise as soon as the European troops landed. About three weektelater the French force, under the cum+ sand of an able man, Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, It „ 's.reti with Gen. Prim that it was Trident to wait for to 't, ised demon etes t r io- waited and waited in vbrn ; no monar chial znevernente s took place. The forces, could not, vever, remain much longer at Vera Cruz,disease making greet havoc attiong amid, The Spaniards had 2,000 sick. Hoar many French were sick had neVet been stated, but the number was known to be large. The English force was only 700 strong, and of that number 15J were in hospital, The three commanders, French, Spanish, and English, agreed that it was impossible to tetnain any longer in Vera Cruz. They marched a few leagues into the Interior of the country, where the troops found themselvesa little betters and then, as it was felt necessary to do something, they issued a pro clamation to the Mexicans, telling them that they had not come to conquer or revolutionise their country, but merely to claim pecuniary indemnities due to French, Spanish, and English subjects, The form of an uliimatum Was given to this proclamation, and etherefere exact sums were stated. England claimed 85 millions of francs, Spain 40 millions, France 60 Millions, and 20 millions were demanded on behalf of some other nation s. The total, amountingto 200 millions, seeme d rather high in regard to the capabilities of the M ex i ca n btidget, but when, in addition, the Jecker bonds, amounting to 75 millions, were brought forward, the Mexi can Government was startled and hesitated to pay. He would only say of the Jeoker bonds that they had a very bad reputation, However, it was agreed that the question should be rsferred to the three European Governments. But meanwhile three officere were despatched to the city of Mexico with an ultimatum whicle could sot have been very perem ptory or precise, because no amount was fix. officers were most pol i te l y received, and told that if th e E uro pe a n troops had come for ju s ti ce they should most ass u r edly have it, and that General D o blado, a most dis tinguished man, would go anti treat with the plenipoten tiaries. The plenipotentiaries, ending that the number of sick at Vera Cruz inc reased every day, that they could have no answer from Europe for t wo . These months, and that the gene rals were at the head of six or seven thousand men without means of transport, negotiated with General Doblado, and agreed that their troops should occupy the healthy heights oiff theOr thatotiznaebga,oianticoonsndictaiomneto ti ey should retire from them nothing. The Mexican flag was again hoisted at V era Crate, side by side with the flags of the allies, but the custom -louses were still kept as a pledge. Here of that famous convention of le lad ivie r egarded as so dishonourable. psoih wash had the been history It was a convention which had saved the three little armies, destroyed by the vomito at Vera for ut2h.ey wo uld have been M. Granter (IS Caßsagnac'Aire should not bate dayed there, M. Thiers—When would tutu have gone awayM. Granier de dassagnac— immediately, Word iti hand. M. a gone to Mexico. j it u o b u i h n e a r l ---(aWe membershoul o d f h t az majority)—How could that have been) *hen We had not a single horse to draw a gun? M. Thiers, resuming, sa i d that for his own patt gate great credit to Admiral Jurien de la Graviere for having with, it was those who cheandcifua fancied anybody c e i d ed w t he convention. (Allelause on severa l b enc h e s.) If and men. Itit possibleaaw (Several Voices — ("Hear, h ear ,") tos h i to t br6g found conquer had that justice s t tiee s h ould be d one to a Mexico with a few thous- brave officer, M. Thiers then showed that A lraonte's party in tamps had succeeded in getting th e Fre nch Governm en t to decide that it would not treat at a ll wit h Juarez, and to espouse the project of making Archduke MaXimilian Emperor. He regretted that the Government had never published the minutes of the conference of Orizaba of April 16, where these things clearly appeared, froth *hat M. de eialighy and Admiral Jurien de la Graviere said of their instruc tions. Well, the war had gone on. After a year to repair General Lorencz's check before Puebla, tile gallant Marshal Forey had been sent out with large reinforcements, and, as was to have been expected, he had taken the city of Mexico. He would, after these indispensable prelimin aries, come to the immediate and practical question. They were in Mexico, and what ought they to do now ? Why, he Would rob o ° 4 wlt4 to they ought to have done long ago. General Eaiaine, who was —fed to be an able negotiator as well as a good ter, - general, had already quarrelled with the Archbishop of Mexico, who represented the old regime, and had admitted that the liberal party was in the right as to the national property. That fact showed that the liberal party could not be such very great barbarians. It was no doubt disagree table to treat with Juarez after having protested so long that they would not do so; but that was the only rational thing to do, as it had been quite ascertained that he was at the head of the strongest party in the country. If they did not do so the prospect was a permanent army of 40,000 men in Mexico, and a d ra i n upon the budget of 1 3 , 1 4 , or 15 mil lions per month. As to the notion of setting up the Latin against the Anglo-Saxon race, he did not think it worth the consideration of serious men. The Archduke was going out, they were told. He would arrive in April, just in time to receive congratulations before the wet season set in. He would admit that lee would be well received; he never knew of a new prince who was not. But the rains would prevent any military operations between May and September or October. During all that while the new monarch must be protected, for they could not be so un- THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jan. 22.—The Trafalgar, 72, Capt. T. Mason, has been detained here till the arrival of the Meennee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, expected in a few days from Athens. The Trafalgar will then proceed to England to be paid off. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland, received orders yes terday to hold herself in readiness to sail for Tripoli and Benghazi. She is to convey Mr. Saunders, electrician to Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., to these places, for the pur pose of examining into the state of the Malta and Alexan dria telegraph cable, which has stopped working since the 13th inst. Yr. Saunders is expected from Marseilles to night. A steamer especially fitted for such employment has been ordered from England to the Mediterranean to re pair the cable. The weather, which has been very boister ous for some time past, is rather calmer, bat is not quite settled yet. From Alexandria accounts have been received that an English steamer, named the Atlas, employed in im porting horses and cattle for the Viceroy from France, had gone ashore at Rossetta, but had been got off and safely towed into Alexandria by her Majesty's ship Psyche, to whose commander, Lieut. P. Sterne, great credit is due for his exertions in the matter, This is not the ship of the same name belonging to Messrs. Burns and M'lver, of Liverpool. The Placebo, 35, Capt. T. D. A, Fortescue, having completed the repair of her engines in her Majesty's dockyard at this island, will leave some time next week for the coast of Syria to relieve the Liffey, 35, Capt. George Parker, The Eng lish screw steamer Semaphore, Capt. R. Green, arrived yes terday, from London 14 days, and Gibraltar six, with tele graph cable on board for Brindisi, and passengers Mr. G. Henley and 15 labourers. The iron-clad screw steamship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. F. N. A. Campbell, having embarked supernumeraries for the Channel Squadron and Royal Marines for the flagship Edgar, now in the Tagus, is under orders to leave Plymouth Sound for Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Malta. It will be recol lected that when docked in Keyham steamyard very serious effects had been produced by the galvanic action of her copper sheathing on the adjoining iron plates. Immediately afterwards it was determined to protect an intermediate space all round by the application of Hall's vitreous sheath ing; but it was subsequently resolved to use the vitreous sheathing on one side and a band of zinc on the other. The upper sheet of Muntz's metal, 14in deep, was therefore stripped from the port side and a listing 7in wide and 31in deep was cut into the ship. All the ends of the metal bolts were then cut off. A plank 2in thick was introduced into the bed of the cutting to prevent the ends of the belts from coming into eirect contact with the band of zinc, which was 1? in thick. It being fastened on the plank the apace made by the cutting became flush with the metal below and the iron plates above. It is expected that this band will prove a sufficient nonconductor to prevent the sheathing metal from producing any galvanic action on the iron plates. On the starboard side about 3,500 of Hall's vitrified plates have been glued or fastened on in a depth varying from eft under the stern to 2ft at the bow. There is a space. more or less, of 21a net-we-en the loner edge of the copper sheathing and the lower edge of the iron plates; this space is left in order to cut off all connexion between the two metals, and was well paid with Hall's anti-fouling composition. The Three lower tiers of vitreous plates are fastened on the wood with composition nails ; those above are glued. The edges of the upper tier are covered by the teak-rubbing pieces Some difficulty was experienced in fixing the plates under the quarters and near the sternport, in consequence of the shape of the ship. The thinnest plates were selected for this purpose. Like the rest, they were forced on by hand pressure only. Where galvanic action had eaten through the face of the armour plates, the holes or pits have been filled with a mixture of Portland cement and Hall's glue. It was, however, previously necessary to expose these pits to the lengthened heat of burning charcoal, in order to ex tract from the iron the salt left by the previous admission of sea water when she was in active service. To protect the stem a plate of vitrified iron was prepared, 4ft 4in long, 18in deep, 191 in wide, and in in thickness. This plate was brought home to the stem by vitrified screws (having en amelled heads) to within the 16th of an inch, it was then puddled below, and hot glue having been poured in above, the screws were driven in, and the plate was firmly fastened. It is understood that zinc is more liable to be injured by contiguity with Muntz's metal than iron, but the zinc band can be readily replaced in dock without damaging the ship. The Royal Oak will be accompanied by the gunboat Trin cube, tender to the Edgar. Her Majesty's iron steam store ship Industry, Master °m eander Youel, from Rio de Janeiro, having landed nig stores at Deptford yesterday, went sides to vide;.: clogged with barnat.L s and sea ise docked and cleaned down, as her sides to Woolwich to took place at Portsmouth Some testing of armour plate: qua interest from yesterday, which was attended with meal the comparative results obtained with differe ; kinds sun o projectiles fired from the 95cwt 63-pounder cast iron and the 100-pounder Elswick smooth-bore. The plates were each of 51in in thickness, 15ft 6in in length, and 3ft 3in in width. One from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, was for the iron frigate Agincourt, and the other lir as sent in by the Millwall Ironworks for the iron frigate Northumberland. Both were tested in the first place with cast iron shot from the 68-pounder gun in the incline,' *ay, in order to award them their figure of merit, according to the Admiralty regulations, for quality of metal and manufacture. Both passed through this ordeal satisfactorily, although tried severely by clusters of shot impacts and edge blows. Tho maximum depth of the indents Was 2in, and the minimum 1 1-16 in. On Brown and Co.'s plate, in its upper right centre, four shots struck in a semicircular line, that measured but 32in through the gteetest extent of the curve. Throughout this space there was mite one small surface crack. On the left lower cornei el this plate five shots struck imping ing on each circumference. Two of them were only half on the plate w 's edge. There as nothing like penetration even here—nothing, indeed, but a longitudinal Le:ening of the metal, about an inch in depth, and a slight stretching: open of the laminae on the edge. The plate exhibited wonderful tenacity and solidity, without the slightest appearance of brittleness. The Millwall plate was also struck in several places ott its tight edge, but without penetration being effected, although a enroll semicircular piece, 24in in length by 10in in width, was broken out through half the plate's thickness. The laminae were opened on the plate's edge in the vicinity of the places struck. The plates were of un doubted excellence both in the quality of the metal and in their manufacture. It is doubtful, indeed, if a plate supe rior in any way to Messrs. Brown's was ever tested at Ports mouth. It is necessary to dwell thus on the extraordinary qualities of these two plates in order to render clear the true vairie of the firing which followed on the official testing of the plates being concluded, and which was as follows : Messrs. Brown's plate was selected for firing against with improved cast-iron spherical (crucible) shot from the Els. wick 100-pounder smooth bore gun (diaraeter of bore ern and weight 120ewt 2qrs), with a charge of 251 b of powder. Three shots were fired. No. 1 struck the plate on the lower edge and touched a b olt. It produced an indent of 4in at its greatest depth, with a diameter of 91in, and with only a surface crack round the indent. No. 2 struck just over the lower edge, producing an indent of 10in in diameter and a greatest depth of 3 8-10 in, with a slight surface crack in the indent. Both these shots were destroyed in the ordinary manner of cast-iron projectiles. No. 3 shot struck fairly on the plate, and part of it remained fastened in the plate's ou t er surface. It will be seen that the damage in flicted by these improved ca st-iron shot was hardly commensurate with their increased anweightd the andh the extra 91b of powder charge as compareit the 68-pounder gun. The Millwall plate had next three steel s hots sent against it from the same El swick gun, with similar charge of 251 b. of powder, and the results obtained w ith these steel projectiles were certainly astonishing. Plate s have been pierced before by steel shot, but never one of equal excellence with the Millwall plate of yesterday. No. 1 shot struck abent 4in below the upper edge of the plate, a distance away from any damaged part, and, breaking right through, buried itself and the broken parts . of the plate in We take the following from the Calcutta Eng .frhnian of 22d December : _ _ . We are in receipt of Moulmein papers to the 10th inst. The rumour that the Shan States, tributary to the King of Burmah had broken out in open revolt, is not altogether without foundation. It appears that the cause of quarrel lay in the fact that one of the chiefs of the rebellion States, named Moung-Naw-Pah, had been summoned to the court at Mandalay, and, as it is reported, incarcerated without any provocation, by order of the King. Having, however, effected his escape from prison, he no sooner set foot on his own territory than he ordered all the Burmese officials and their subordinates, to the number of 300, to be killed, The rest of the chief of the Shan States having at the same time assembled a force of above 8,000 armed men, threw off their allegiance to the Burmese Crown, and placed themselves in an attitude of defiance. A movement such as this is far from surprising, the Burmese Government being thoroughly detested for its rapacity and cruelty to ail who come within its influence. In consequence of this formidable outbreak, the King of Burmah has ordered a conscription to be enforced to fill the ranks of the army destined to act against the Shan States, but there up pears no doubt whatever of the success of the chiefs and the discomfiture of his golden-footed Majesty. Ihe trans port Light Brigade, which is to convey the remaining por tion of her Majesty's 68th Regiment to New Zealand, ar rived at Rangoon from, this port on the f6th ult., after a rather long run. This regiment leaven with the regret of all the inhabitants, and their conduct while stationed at Ran goon has evidently been such as to fully warrant the esteem in which it is held by them. Since the departure of the outgoing mail on the 201 h inst. we have received no additional news from England. The steamer with the London mail to Nov. 26 is now overdue at Gallo, and we are in hourly expectation of receiving tele graphic intelligence of her arrival at that port. Our latest telegraphic dates from London are to Nov. 20. Produce Market—For all descriptions of exportable goods a very limited demand has existed during the past week; prices may be considered entirely nominal, there being no inclination to ship most kinds of produce at the present value of money. _ Import Market—Piece goods—No change has taken place in our market since the departure of the Bombay mail. Little or no business has been done. Freights—We have nothing new to record. CHINA. We take the following summary of news from the Overland China Mail of Dee. 15 : The news of the past fortnight has been somewhat in teresting. The great event not only of the fortnight, but of the present year, has been the dismissal from the Chinese service of Mr. H. N. Lay, who, for several years back, has filled the post of Inspector-General of Foreign Customs. The cause of this dismissal is understood to be, that Mr, Lay's demands upon the Chinese Government were not only preposterous themselves, but somewhat arrogantly urged. On this head, however, we have no particulars, but must refer inquirers to the despatches sent to her Majesty's Go vernment by Captain-Osborne a fortnight ago. From Japan we learn that Satsuma still declines to pay the indemnity demanded from him by Admiral Kuper, except upon condition that every foreigner quits Yokohama. ^ BritiEh forces in Japan are evidently waiting for sup ' are not likely to withdraw from the country p ar " an" has been done much more decisive than the until something . affair at Kagosima. don and the rebels, we have to With regard to Major Go:. Gordon attacked the city report that soodeow has fallen, entered the place at 8 a.m. on Saturday, the s th in st., ant: on the same morning. Distension had broker; out among the rebels, and a party of them, desirous of surre:dering the city, cut the Mo Wang's head off. Rumour says that 30,000 wanted to surrender, and that 24,000 had remained true to the cause; and, moreover, that, of the latter number, some still hold out in the different parts of the city. The beheading of the Mo Wang has not only facilitated the cap ture of Soochow, but must go a great way to demoralise the rebels generally. Hang-Chow will no doubt soon fall, and, failing other means, the Imperialists will be able to starve the rebels out of Nanking. Between surrender and death, the Soochow army will, no doubt, cease to exist. " Hang-Chow and Nanking cannot keep up communica tion ; and, as the rebels have not now (as they did in 1860 when they burst through the besiegers of Nanking) any large a: my to help them from Kiangsee or anywhere else, they will solin be in a bad way. Full information has not yet reached us. ..t the date of our last advices Captain Murray and Mr. Mayers of the Consulate, who had both gone to the front, had not returned with detailed intelli gence. From the river Yang - t ze we have no ne ws of importance AB is quiet in the southern ports. The London mail of October 26th arrived here on the 13th inst. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against Imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabil ities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of them sotuarltmoefatßs an o kr fri u e p oe tcy os_r_ . Charges under L 5 payab le by easy (established 18 30 ) ,12, Hatton-garden. 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The paper was an account, from personal observation, cf the inhabitants of the chief islands of the Malay Archipelago, and an attempt, by a comparison of these with the inhabitants of the surrotaudingcoun tries, to arrive at definite conclusions as to their mutual relations or their common- origin. Front Asia on the one hand end from AT :itralia on the other immense submarine banks connect the ai cent islands to the mainland, veh.:'ie beyond limits of these binks an unlathot nable ocean- is always found. 'rise great islands of :Sumatra, Java, and Borneo are situated on tfe Asia ‘ic bank, - :tom the fact that a number of the which could not have crossed the sea, such es the rhinoceros of Java and Sumatra, the elephant of Sumatra, and the tapir of Sumatra a rtzl Borneo, being all found in some part or other of the. Asiatic continent, it is highly probable that all these great islands have formed a part of Asia from vhich they have been separated by the same convuisi, One which have raised the volcanic chains of Sum .atra and Java. In the like manner, New Guinea and some adjacent islands have been once connected with Australia. The belt of deep ocean, however, be tween those banks indicate the separaticat as of very long existence, and there is evidence+ in the geological structure of Java and Born en that. some parts of these islands are of • reettlt formation, so that the gulf bet weell the Asiatic and Australtau rtgiors was formerly g,-eater than at present—a conclusion strikingly con fii - mcd by the almost total diversity of the animals of the two halve - " the Archipelago. In the western islands al. atef forms of the Asiatic continent are found, av! - .'• in the eastern half they are chiefly those characheristic of Australia, so that a line drawn across the Archipelago west of Celebes marks the division bttweea two vast zoolo gical areas. Turing, from the consideration of the lower animals to man, two very strongly contrasted races are found in the region—the Malays, inhabit ing almost exclusively the western half of the Archipelago, and the Papuans, whore headquarters are new Guinea and the adjacent islands, and these range over the eastern area, the people over all the islands as far as the Fiji being identical in their chief features with the Papuans, and the varieties being all forms of one great Polynesian race. But here arises the question—are these races derived from America or Asia, or have they originated in some of the islands, and thence spread over the whole area they inhabit ? The author considered there was evidence to show, which he gave in de tail, that they had been derived from none of these sources, but from a great Pacific continent which had, geologically speaking, been rec ntly submerged, and of which the numerous Pacific islands were the residuary relics. The discussion which followed was unusually interesting. Dr. Falconer strongly supported the views of the author as to the derivation of the inhabitants of this region both upon zoological and geological grounds. The elephant ranged on the continent as far north as 30 deg., and these and other great beasts he believed had passed over during the human epoch on dry land. Certain species of oxen and deer, too, were met with alike in these islands and on the continent of India, but nowhere else on the globe ; and while we had a parallel case in Europe, where, before the glacial epoch, there were doer like those of this archipelago, and rhinoceroses and otter great mammalia living in this country and. over Europe which had spread in from the south, while after the glacial era had passed away there was another fauna of great mammalia which had come in from the north, and arctic in character, we had less ;cason for objecting to such geological changes in. the Pacific as were brought forward by Mr. Wallace to account for the distribution of the mewl:tali& and the two races of man which inhabited those re gions. The close proximity of Sicily to Italy seemed naturally to suggest a dismemberment from that peninsula, but the fossil fauna at the late tertiaries there a fforde convineirw proof of its recent contiec don with Africa, and no doubt within the human epoch the great mammals of Africa had walked ore dry land across the present Mediterranean. If such views as we admit in European geology he applied to the Malayan Archipelago, there are good grounds for supporting Mr. Wallace's theories. Sir Rode rick Murchison, Professor Busk, Sir W. Armstrong, C;:pt. Speke, Mr. Christie, Mr. Bohn, Mr. Craw bard, and others, spoke upon various topics in con nection with the paper. The Crawley Court-Martial and its Results, (Front the Medical Times and Gazette.) The proceedings of the Crawley court-martial have been summed up by some remarks from H.R. H. the Commander in-Chief. The accused colonel is almost the only person who has escaped scatheless, and he returns to the command of his regiment with a few words of advice from the Horse Guards. Not so, however, the witnesses, Major Swindley, Adjutant Fitzsimon, and Surgeon Turnbull have, in reality, under gone their trial, and received a sentence of dismissal from. their regiment. In future cases witnesses will do well to remember the facts supplied by the few court-martials of late years. Into Surgeon Turnbull's conduct a court of in quiry is held. The president of that court is, we under stand, Major-General Eyre, and the members are medical officers of rank. We have neither ratified nor entirely sup ported the course pursued by the Surgeon of the 6th Dra goons, but we have stated what might and ought to be urged in vindication of his conduct and that of our profes sion. One point, however, cannot be strongly dwelt upon. This court of inquiry is held upon the medical records of the regiment, and has ostensibly arisen from the dis crepancies (real or supposed) in the case of a Sergeant- Major Wakefield. Now, putting aside every question of the proper or improper conduct of the Medical officers, this matter was totally and entirely irrelevant to what was the subject of the late court. martial. This was not about Sergeant-Major Wakefield, but about the arrest, illness, and death of regimental Sergeant-Major Lilley, and no one else. The Horse Guards, apparently, have seized i ;:ion this distinct and irrelevant subject for saddling one of the medical officers, who was witness for the prosecution, with a large amount of discredit and opprobrium. On the proceedings of finding of this court of inquiry, we can havo no right to enter or venture an opinion. No doubt the con clusions arrived at Will be just and fair ; but we only desire to call attention to the iact, that a medical officer's conduct i s ca lled in question upon a case which had nothing what ever to do with the subject for which he was a witness. And here let us advert to another subject. All cannot be right in the Army Medical Department, or we should not read of the r esignation of assistant-surgeons of many years' standing, and two such appeared only the other day. It is contrary to common sense to believe that such resignations would take place—it is contrary to all the ordinary experi ence of life to find men voluntarily disconnecting them selves from a certain means of livelihood for the more pre carious chances of success in civil life—if some grave defects did not exist in the department which they quit. The fact is, that the army not only offers no chances of speedy success to good medical men, but it holds out so little probability of promotion within a reasonable time, that really good students refrain from entering it. The discontent is widely spread. In some cases the grounds on. which it is urged are substantial enougit, such as the above, and the degrading duties of branding soldiers, &c. ; in others the reasons are more indefinite, but the discontent undeniably exists. There are rumours in abundance about changes in the department, but they rest on no other foundation than the necessity which is supposed to exist for supplaing the ranks of the army with medical material. So long as Go vernment can get medical candidates, so long will there be no changes. That is our opinion, and we em ail(, the lesson which flows out of it to the attention of recalitad aspirants for army honours. Since the above was in type we have been informed th Surgeon 'I utubull Las been entirely exonerated by the court of enquiry from the charge of intcrpolating (be medical cases in the hospital registers of the dig Dragoonts: We learn that this matter had already been fully gated by Colonel Crawley, in India, and that hisbtrinnmg re;ms it before the Aldershot Court M artial was szst:d himself,tei of diverting attention from the ch ar g es again by damaging Surgeon Turnbull in the eyesin of N o twithstanding the failure o f the attempt teP to get Court. up a books, it is said c harge against Mr. Turnbull about tonh half-pay by the the that he is about to be p laced We animus which he is Commander-in-Chief on account giving his evidence. This may be alleged awarnin to g h to av tn e e s d h i o ea w i n etfi _ 5 to the ilorse Guards, that is ;lot evidence palatable cersfor the future not to give tiny l`.ow ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., IVIE!,,DOWLEIGH. A NOVEL. 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